Hmmm, I think I cannot say that I believe my T even if I don't believe myself when I say the same thing...

In general, I believe that there are domains in which I know more and better, like science or I'm definitely and expert on myself. On the other hand, my T works for more than 30 years with traumatized people so I definitely take into account her opinions about the process of therapy. Why would she lie to me by saying e.g. based on my experience I've realized that for some people this or that may work...? In these cases I believe her what of course doesn't matter that it would work for me as well... If it doesn't work, I tell her about it, T accepts that and we try something else...

I guess there is another aspect of believing others rather than ourselves... I can tell myself "oh, I am so smart and beautiful" and then I look in the mirror or see how stupid mistakes I do and I definitely do not believe in this sentence anymore... But if others tell me that I'm pretty smart because of this or that or I'm not as ugly as I think, it of course makes me feeling better so if T compliments my skills, I like it, why wouldn't I? I guess, I just like being reassured which doesn't necessarily mean that I don't know it by myself...